Index. Appendixes. Bibliography. Glossary. Chronology. 320 Pages. 6 x 9.

In April 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced completion of the Human Genome Project, a decade-long effort to obtain the complete readout of some 3 billion “letters’” worth of code containing all the inherited information that specifies the characteristics of a human being. Groundbreaking recent events such as this make the revised edition a necessity.

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Revised Edition includes new material on biotechnology as a business, new events in agricultural biotechnology, forensic and other DNA identification databases, research cloning, and the debate concerning embryonic stem cells. Looking to the future of biotechnology and genetic engineering, a new section considers the connection between biotechnology and bioterrorism. This revised edition features new legislation, biographies, chronology and glossary entries, an almost entirely new bibliography including recent material in all subject areas, and the President's Council on Bioethics cloning report. An indispensable reference to important issues of today, this volume in the acclaimed Library in a Book series examines the issues surrounding the changing role of genetic technology and how our society and lawmakers are attempting to deal with them.